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Non-Violence
So meat-eaters should not annoy you. It is merely your
prejudice. You should not have any problem with those for whom
such a diet is natural.
Willingness to Kill and then Eat?
Questioner: But nowadays because of social trend, people
do eat non-vegetarian food.
Dadashri: It is all a trend and people do it for their pleasure.
Eating meat forever is not a problem if your mother was on such
a diet when she breastfed you.
Questioner: And what if the mother herself does not eat
meat?
Dadashri: Then how can you eat it? How will you be able
to digest it if it is not in your blood? You may think that you are
able to digest it, but ultimately it is detrimental to you. Today you
may not realize this, so it is best for you not to eat it. If you cannot
stop eating it, you should at least have the inner intent that it is
wrong to eat it and that the best thing for you is to stop.
Cows, horses and buffaloes will never eat meat. Even if
you fed them meat when they were starving, they would not touch
it. Some animals in the animal kingdom are like that. Nowadays,
even the children of Jain and Hindu parents who do not eat meat,
have begun to do it. I tell these young people that I do not have a
problem with them eating meat as long as they kill the animals
themselves. If they wish to eat the chicken, they should kill it
themselves. They want to eat meat even though they shiver at the
mere sight of blood. Eating meat is only for those who can tolerate
the sight of blood; it is for the people of the warrior caste who
have ‘played’ with blood on the battlefields. Do they become
uncomfortable at the sight of blood? How does the sight of blood
affect people?
Questioner: It makes them uneasy.